Some casino staff told to leave (ST 23 Jan)
Jan 23, 2010
Some casino staff told to leave
Applications to work at gaming tables rejected by the authorities
IT WILL be months before the first cards are dealt at Singapore’s two casinos, but several employees have already been fired because of stringent rules that dictate who can work there.
Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) has fired more than 30 casino employees, while Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has also told an unknown number of workers to go.
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Reader’s Reaction To Courts Looking For Workers In JB Malaysia
An advertisement posted by Courts appeared in JB Malaysia looking for workers to work in Singapore (courtesy of Temasek Review):-
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Work, booze, party, sleep, repeat (Today 16 Jan)
The life and past-times of the typical Singaporean
In this fast-paced world, it seems we are increasingly defined by our jobs and our work. But I think how we spend our leisure time speaks volumes about who we are as individuals and also as a collective society.
And I think in that respect, we Singaporeans have a fair bit of improving to do.
I was chatting with a new acquaintance, let’s call him Pete, a few nights ago, and he was telling me how bored he was in Singapore.
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2010: The Best of Times Or The Worst? (Robert Kiyosaki)
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”
– Charles Dickens
Is the recession over? Are happy days really here again? Paraphrasing Dickens, my answer is, “For people who are prepared, 2010 will be the best of times. For many, 2010 will be the worst of times.”
The following are a few of my predictions and reasons behind them…
Prediction #1: The real estate market will crash again.
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Teacher sues MOE after fall in school (ST 15 Jan)
A PRIMARY school teacher is taking the Ministry of Education (MOE) to court after she fractured her right ankle by jumping from a height of 3.7m to get out from her school premises.
The 38-year-old found herself locked in the school on a Saturday morning in Feb 2006, screamed for help for 30 minutes and then decided to leap to freedom.
She climbed over a ventilation gap between the first and second floors and jumped out onto a grass patch, but injured herself badly enough to need 100 days of medical leave.
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Surge of Expats in Singapore Sparks Immigration Concerns (WSJ)
By PATRICK BARTA And TOM WRIGHT
SINGAPORE—For years, this rich city-state has marketed itself as one of the world’s most open economies.
But as Singapore recovers from recession, its residents are questioning a key part of the country’s economic model: its long-standing openness to foreigners.
Singapore has thrown open its doors to bankers and expatriates in recent years, making it easy in many cases to establish residency and hastening the country’s emergence as an Asian version of Dubai. It also welcomed low-skilled laborers from Bangladesh and other developing countries to help man construction sites and factories.
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My Published Letter: Help borrowers find hope (Today 14 Jan)
I refer to the well-written report “Authorities armed to the teeth” (Jan 13).
The Government is to be applauded for providing the relevant authorities with more power to tackle the growing loan-sharking problem before the opening of the integrated resorts. Gambling and loan-sharking go hand in hand.
There was a serious recession last year, so illegal money lending grew as the unemployed searched for funds. There is only so much that a person can borrow from friends and relatives. For some, loan sharks might even be their first choice of lender as it saves them the embarrassment of approaching people they know.
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Casinos are best bet for revenue (ST 13 Jan)
WITH the opening of the first phase of the Resorts World Sentosa integrated resort (IR) on Jan 20, a new milestone will be reached in Singapore’s evolving economic and social development.
Tourist arrivals to Singapore, especially from neighbouring countries, will experience an upswing. There will be job creation in a job market that will become more diverse. The overall economy will also benefit from the IR bounce effect once both come onstream.
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When it does not add up (Today 11 Jan)
SINGAPORE – What would you do if your employment contract said that if you get injured at work, the hospitalisation bill would be docked from your pay? And that you would not be paid during your recuperation?
On top of that, you would have to pay your employer $200 a month for not fulfilling your contract.
And you can forget about taking your complaints to the authorities on anything about the company. Otherwise you would have to pay for your employer’s legal, transport and administrative costs of between $100 and $300 a day.
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S’pore workers put in longest hours: Survey (ST 11 Jan)
Jan 11, 2010
S’pore workers put in longest hours: Survey
They top international poll of 13 economies; MOM’s figure is 45.9 hours a week for 2008
The report puts them at the top of 13 economies in the group’s Global Wages Report for 2008-09, surpassing even the notoriously hardworking Japanese and Taiwanese.
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Opinion: Poor Employment Practices – Lack of Compensation Package
Our Poor Employment Practics – Lack of Compensation Package
Written by: Gilbert Goh
Many people who were retrenched during the recent recession lamented how badly they were treated after been laid off by their companies. Though retrenchment is generally expected by many people when there is a down turn, more can be done by the authorities to ensure that compensation is paid out when someone is being laid off.
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Don’t feel safe travelling home at night (Asiaone forum)
I used to believe Singapore is the safest country around. I could walk home from the bus stop to my block of flats after 11pm and still feel safe and secure that nothing would happen to me.
But in recent months, I’m afraid to walk home alone even at 10pm. Let me explain. I hope this does not open a can of worms, but i feel like i should say something.
In 2009, a living area has been built for foreign workers (Indian, Chinese and Thai) very near my place, it’s at the very ulu (secluded in Singlish) corner of Yishun. So now, every night and sometimes day foreign workers will hang around at the void decks drinking or sometimes just sitting and talking.
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Pay rise likely for finance workers: Poll (ST 9 Jan)
Jan 9, 2010
Pay rise likely for finance workers: Poll
Over 60% of HR execs expect hike; key reason is to attract and retain staff
FINANCIAL industry workers look like they will be in for a pay rise over the next 12 months, according to a new survey.
It found that 62.4 per cent of human resource (HR) professionals in the industry expect basic salaries within their firms to increase over the year.
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Australia: Killing reveals another kind of race problem (Sydney Morning Herald 9 Jan)
Ranjodh Singh
Killing reveals another kind of race problem
Nick O’Malley
January 9, 2010 – 12:10AM
RANJODH SINGH died badly. His burnt body was found in a ditch by an orchard-lined road on the outskirts of Griffith. It appears he was burnt where he lay, for the dry, clipped grass at the site is still scorched.
The 25-year-old leaves behind a grieving aunt in Griffith, a wife in Melbourne, parents and a brother in the Punjab region of India. But his murder on December 29 has become part of another, larger, story.
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My son deserves a second chance (Today 6 Jan)
THE new school year started on Monday, but my son, who was in his first year of junior college (JC) last year, will not be attending school this year.
My son qualified for his JC having scored an O-Levels aggregate of 10 points. Except for Chinese, which he failed, he scored either A1s or A2s for his subjects.
